Ceasefire regime still in effect in Donbas

Published Nov. 5, 2014 at 2:58 pm

Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic walk on Nov. 4, 2014 next to the main theater before the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.

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The Minsk deal, including the ceasefire regime in east Ukraine, has not been called off, the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Information and Analytical Center has said.

“The protocol signed in Minsk on Sept. 5 and the Sept. 19 Minsk memorandum are still valid. So, the ceasefire regime is also in effect,” NSDC Information and Analytical Center Spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

He added that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had ordered the “reinforcement of roadblocks with hardware and personnel.”